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Past of the French verb maintenir

The past tense conjugations for the French verb maintenir, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je maintenaisI was maintaining
tu maintenaisyou were maintaining
il maintenaithe was maintaining
elle maintenaitshe was maintaining
nous maintenionswe were maintaining
vous mainteniezyou were maintaining
ils maintenaientthey were maintaining
elles maintenaientthey were maintaining

Past Historic / Passé Simple
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
je maintinsI maintained
tu maintinsyou maintained
il maintinthe maintained
elle maintintshe maintained
nous maintînmeswe maintained
vous maintîntesyou maintained
ils maintinrentthey maintained
elles maintinrentthey maintained

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai maintenuI have maintained
tu as maintenuyou have maintained
il a maintenuhe has maintained
elle a maintenushe has maintained
nous avons maintenuwe have maintained
vous avez maintenuyou have maintained
ils ont maintenuthey have maintained
elles ont maintenuthey have maintained

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